Multitasking is a Myth. - Deepstash

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Multitasking is a Myth.

Multitasking is a Myth.

Every time you shift your attention from one thing to another, the brain has to engage a neurochemical switch that uses up nutrients in the brain to accomplish that.

So if you’re attempting to multitask, you know doing four or five things at once, you’re not actually four or five things at once, because the brain doesn’t work that way.

Instead, you’re rapidly shifting from one thing to the next, depleting neural resources as you go.

12

87 reads

MORE IDEAS ON THIS

Daydreaming.

Daydreaming.

Once you start being lost in thoughts and

allow your mind to really wander, you start thinking;

a little bit beyond the conscious,

a little into the subconscious,

which allows sort of different connections to take place.

It's really awesome actually...

12

98 reads

Advice for Teenagers & Addictive Users.

Advice for Teenagers & Addictive Users.

So the next time you go to check your phone,

ask yourself, “ What am I really looking for? " 

Because if it's to check email, that's fine - do it and be done.

But if it's to distract yourself from doing the hard work that comes with deeper thinking, take a break, and ...

12

71 reads

Why Teenagers Are Less concerned about Societal Problems?

Why Teenagers Are Less concerned about Societal Problems?

Right now, there are " studying teenagers " who are active on social media while they’re talking to their friends or doing their tasks.

Two years down the road, they’ll be less creative & imaginative about their own personal futures & about solving societal problems.

11

94 reads

What happens to us if we never get bored?

What happens to us if we never get bored?

It turns out that when you get bored, you ignite a network in your brain called the Default Mode.

In our daily life, while we’re folding the laundry or walking down the road our body surrenders to default mode & goes on auto-pilot; but experimentally this is when our brain ...

11

133 reads

Autobiographical Planning.

Autobiographical Planning.

This is when we look back at our lives,

take note of the big moments,

create a personal narrative &

 then we set goals

& figure out what steps we need to take to reach them.

11

110 reads

Hope these stashes are interesting to you.

Hope these stashes are interesting to you.

All the stashes were from How Boredom can Lead to your Most Brilliant Ideas by Manoush Zomorodi.

If you are irritated by finding it hard to do little things in daily life, you must visit the 2-minute rule...

11

84 reads

Shifting of Attention.

Shifting of Attention.

Decades ago, Our brains shifted attention at work every three minutes. Now, we do it every 45 seconds and we do it all day long.

For example, the average person checks email 74 times a day, & switches tasks on their computer 566 times a day. 

11

87 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

helluo1ibrorum

परिवर्तनमेव स्थिरमस्ति ~ My Focused Discourse on Self-help | Psychology | Emotion & Intelligence | Engineering & Innovation | Effects & Laws | the Cosmos.

It might feel weird & uncomfortable at first, but boredom truly can lead to brilliance.

Other curated ideas on this topic:

Stop multitasking

People can't multitask very well. they're simply shifting their attention from one task to another very quickly.

Instead of multitasking, take a breather and then go back to focus on the one thing that needs to get done right now. Once that's done, move on to the next task...

Multitasking

People who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information cannot pay attention, recall information, or switch from one job to another as well as those who complete one task at a time. 

When you try to do two things at once, your brain lacks the capacity to perform...

Myth of multitasking

Myth of multitasking

We’re not actually multitasking; rather, we are switching rapidly between different activities.

Better concentration makes life easier and less stressful and we will be more productive. Practice concentration by finding things to do that specifically engage you for a period of time t...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates